Show PROGRESS OF COLORED 1 I OMEN mr ma mary r y church terrells fo quent plea before the woman v s suffragist Conven convention lion ai oze 0 friday ni night n ht last a scene was witnessed at the columbia theater the I 1 m meeting i place of the womans comans suffrage convention in this c city ityl i that to a majority ma j orita of the audience composed comp oed as it was of the upper crust of white society was a revelation there were four addre addresses ses ky by eminent women of different nationalities viz swede norwegian begian vre giau american white and american negro negra the latter mrs mary church terrell spoke on the progress pr of colored women 57 she spoke as she always does without notes and for a half hour in one unbroken chain of eloquence and with power and fascination of manner such as few women possess she held her vast audience spell bound with amazement me ut and the women suffragists on the platform were so proud of their new dise discovery covery that they fell upon her neck upon the cone conclusion fusion of her great speech and kissed her she was almot covered with floral offerings mrs airs terrell opened tie ti e eyes of her hearers both white and colored to many many facts of interest antem st aeng among our women throughout the country especially especial lv in the th e 3 south showing the surprising pris progress made along all lines pi since nee emancipation she very pointedly answered a south southern eloi n white delegate who had spoken earlier in the week giving her to I 1 U understand der stand that indiscriminate MIX mixing 1110 t with the whites was no more desired by the colored than by the whites that what they wanted was only an equal chance iu in the race of life social questions eions would regulate themselves she made a most magnificent and woma womanly ly appeal for the encouragement coura gement and assistance of the white wom women enof of the country in the work of breaking up some of the obnoxious systems in the south that tend to degrade colored women the jim crow car convict lease system and other unsavory institutions corrupting to good morals the opportunity offered mrs ter relley miss aliss susan B anthony to add address re the national womans comans right bight association composed ot the most progressive pro greive and brainiest brai niest women of oar country was no small gnall compliment co viewed atom wha whatever standpoint that mrs rs terrell came up to the abe full measure of her J none who were present p res nil w tl I 1 gairl gainsay say she wen rent beroud and aver it she covered all the ground of our grievances space ot of the half hour allotted voted Vf ted tober to ber cheri aud anceto to do this she hadid speak rapidly rap ridly but not a word 1 or syllable was waa lost her appeal for mhd domere 4 er race rac wasa 11 soul SOUI stirring effort and thelong long api a la U 5 6 k h if i i follo mid jef e close df lierow marks attest attested that won her bee bearers h ean n ber h err ahr 1 I 1 z I 1 I 1 |